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Combination Systems Requirements
Rounding Logic
In 2000-2001, you can have up to 20 anticipated and 20 actual disbursements.
The following fields need to be calculated when STAFFORD disbursements are entered or changed:
Field Name Description
Loan Amount Approved From loan record
1st Gross Disbursement Amount Per Gross Disbursement Calculations
1st Fee Amount 1st Gross Amount X Loan Fee Rate (3%)
1st Net Disbursement Amount 1st Gross Amount - 1st Fee Amount
2nd Gross Disbursement Amount Per Gross Disbursement Calculations
2nd Fee Amount 2nd Gross Amount X Loan Fee Rate (3%)
2nd Net Disbursement Amount 2nd Gross Amount - 2nd Fee Amount
Optional:
3rd through 20th Gross Disbursements Per Gross Disbursement Calculations
3rd through 20th Fee Amount 3rd through 20th Gross Amount X Loan Fee Rate (3%)
3rd through 20th Net Disbursements 3rd through 20th Gross Amount - 3rd through 20th Fee Amount
Total Gross Disbursements Sum of all gross disbursements
Total Fee Amount Sum of all fee amounts
Total Net Disbursements Sum of all net disbursements
November 1999 (2000-2001) Direct Loan Technical Reference Combination System Requirements
(188 H) 7-1
The following fields need to be calculated when PLUS disbursements are entered or changed:
Field Name Description
Loan Amount Approved From loan record
1st Gross Disbursement Amount Per Gross Disbursement Calculations
1st Fee Amount 1st Gross Amount X Loan Fee Rate (4%)
1st Net Disbursement Amount 1st Gross Amount - 1st Fee Amount
2nd Gross Disbursement Amount Per Gross Disbursement Calculations
2nd Fee Amount 2nd Gross Amount X Loan Fee Rate (4%)
2nd Net Disbursement Amount 2nd Gross Amount - 2nd Fee Amount
Optional:
3rd /4th Gross Disbursements: Per Gross Disbursement Calculations
3rd /4th Fee Amount 3rd/4th Gross Amount X Loan Fee Rate (4%)
3rd /4th Net Disbursements 3rd /4th Gross Amount - 3rd /4th Fee Amount
Total Gross Disbursements Sum of all gross disbursements
Total Fee Amount Sum of all fee amounts
Total Net Disbursements Sum of all net disbursements
(188 H) 7-2
Gross Disbursement Calculations
With the implementation of the option to disburse up to 20 disbursements, disbursement
percentages are no longer required to be sent to the LOC on the Loan Origination Record.
When determining disbursement amounts for a loan, dollar figures are rounded to the nearest dollar
and all disbursements are equal except, for in some cases, the last disbursement.
When computing gross disbursement amounts, use the following specification:
Step 1: Divide the loan amount approved by the total number of disbursements to calculate an
individual disbursement amount.
• If necessary, first truncate any positions that exist past two decimal places.
Step 2: Round the individual disbursement amount. Rounding occurs at the first and second
decimal places to the nearest dollar.
• If the first and second decimal places are 50 or greater, increment the first digit to the left
of the decimal sign by one.
• If the first and second decimal places are less than 50, do not change the first digit to the
left of the decimal sign.
Note: The individual disbursement amount equals the amount of all disbursements except
for the amount of the last disbursement.
Step 3: To determine the amount of the last disbursement, multiply the individual disbursement
amount by the number of disbursements.
• If the sum of the disbursements is greater than the loan amount approved, there is a
negative variance subtract the difference from the last disbursement.
• If the sum of the disbursements is less than the loan amount approved, there is a positive
variance add the difference to the last disbursement.
The variance is applied to the last disbursement.
• If there is a positive variance, subtract the variance from the individual disbursement
amount to derive the last disbursement amount.
• If there is a negative variance, add the variance to the individual disbursement amount to
derive the last disbursement amount.
February 2000 (2000-2001) Direct Loan Technical Reference Combination System Requirements
(188 H) 7-3
Example 1: A calculation for two disbursements
Loan Amount Approved: $2625
Step 1: 2625 divided by 2 = 1312.5000
First truncate any positions that exist past two decimals as rounding occurs at the first
and second decimal places.
Therefore 1312.5000 truncates to 1312.50
Step 2: Round at the first and second decimal places to determine the individual
disbursement amount.
• If the first and second decimal places are .50 or greater, increment the first digit to
the left of the decimal sign by one.
• If the first and second decimal places are less than .50 do not change the first digit
to the left of the decimal sign.
1312.50 rounds to 1313. Therefore, all disbursement amounts are 1313 except the last
disbursement.
Step 3: To determine the last disbursement amount, multiply the individual
disbursement amount by the number of disbursements.
1313 multiplied by 2 = 2626
negative variance. Add the variance to the individual disbursement amount to
calculate the amount of the last disbursement.
• If the sum of the disbursements is less than the loan amount approved, there is a
positive variance. Subtract the variance from the individual disbursement amount to
derive the amount of the last disbursement.
Since Therefore, because $2626 is more than $2625 there is a positive variance of $1
you subtract the difference of $1. The last disbursement is equal to $1313 - $1 or
$1312.
Final Results: 1st Gross Disbursement Amount = 1313
2nd Gross Disbursement Amount = 1312
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Example 2: A calculation for three disbursements
Loan Amount Approved: $1000
Step 1: 1000 divided by 3 = 333.3333
disbursement.
Since Therefore, because $999 is less than $1000 there is a negative variance of $1 you
add the difference of $1. The last disbursement is equal to $333 + $1 or $334.
Final Results: 1st Gross Disbursement Amount = $333
2nd Gross Disbursement Amount = $333
3rd Gross Disbursement Amount = $334
Total Loan Amount = $1000
(188 H) 7-5
Example 3: A calculation for six disbursements
Loan Amount Approved: $22,167
Step 1: 22167 divided by 6 = 3694.5000
disbursement.
Since Therefore, because $22170 is more than $22167 there is a positive variance of $3.
you subtract the difference of $3. The last disbursement is equal to $3695 - $3 or
$3692.
Final Results: 1st Gross Disbursement Amount = $3695
2nd Gross Disbursement Amount = $3695
3rd Gross Disbursement Amount = $3695
4 th Gross Disbursement Amount = $3695
Total Loan Amount = $22,167
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Loan Fees and Net Disbursement Calculations
When calculating loan fee amounts and net disbursement amounts, use the following
specifications for all numbers of disbursements:
• Loan Fees are truncated.
• Net disbursements are calculated by subtracting the loan fee from the gross
disbursement.
• If the sum of the loan fee amounts is less than the calculated Total Loan Fee, do
not adjust any loan fee amounts.
• If the sum of the net disbursement amounts is greater than the calculated Total Net
Disbursement, do not adjust any net disbursement amounts.
Example : Loan Fee Calculation

Total Gross Disbursement Amount = $3500
Loan Fee Rate = 3%
Three Gross Disbursement Amounts = $1167, $1167 and $1166
Step 1: 1st Loan Fee Amount: 1167 X .03 = $35.01, truncate to $35
Step 2: 2nd Loan Fee Amount: 1167 X .03 = $35.01, truncate to $35
Step 3: 3rd Loan Fee Amount: 1166 X .03 = $34.98, truncate to $34
Step 4: Total Loan Fee Amount = 35 + 35 + 34 = 104
Step 5: 1st Net Disbursement Amount = 1167 − 35 = 1132
Step 6: 2nd Net Disbursement Amount = 1167 − 35 = 1132
Step 7: 3rd Net Disbursement Amount = 1166 −34 = 1132
Step 8: Total Net Disbursement Amount = 1132 + 1132 + 1132 = 3396
Final Results:
Disbursement Disbursement Disbursement Totals

#1 #2 #3
Gross Disbursements 1167 1167 1166 3500
Loan Fees 35 35 34 104
Net Disbursements 1132 1132 1132 3396
(188 H) 7-7
Leap Year Logic
EDExpress uses the following date format and leap year logic in the date fields on its
databases:
• The date field format is CCYYMMDD.
• For (CC), the date field must contain only: 19 or 20
• For (YY), the date field must contain only: 00 - 99
• For month (MM), the date field must contain only: 01 - 12
• For day (DD), valid range depends upon month as follows:
Month Valid Day Range

01 01 - 31
02 01 - 28 (unless year is divisible by 4 when
01 - 29 is valid)
03 01 - 31
04 01 - 30
05 01 - 31
06 01 - 30
07 01 - 31
08 01 - 31
09 01 - 30
10 01 - 31
11 01 - 30
12 01 - 31
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Importing Data into the EDExpress Direct Loan Software
Interfacing your institution’s system with EDExpress allows you to take advantage of the
built-in edits and PC communication software. It reduces the data preparation effort by
importing student data from your existing systems into EDExpress. After processing
Direct Loan records with EDExpress, you can create a customized export file to share
the data with your other institutional systems.
Certain borrower information is required before you can originate a loan. This
information includes data about the borrower such as the name, address, date of birth,
citizenship, and year in college. Also, it includes information specific to the loan such as
the loan amount approved and loan period start and end dates. When creating the import
file, please refer to the column marked ‘required field’ in the DIEA file.
As an EDExpress user, you have the following three options when entering data
required to originate a Direct Loan:
1. Key enter data from the SAR and other hardcopy documents
2. Import data from EDExpress' ISIR and/or packaging system databases
3. Import data from an institutional system (External System)
The following specifications address the third option - importing data from an
institutional system. For information regarding the first and second options, please refer
to the online Help in the Direct Loan software.
Note: EDExpress automatically performs origination for all records containing all of
the required origination fields. This step is performed during the import process for all
records with a loan origination status of N.
Note: If your institution chooses to fill field #1 with a preassigned Loan ID, you may
assign any loan sequence number (001-999).
If you have developed systems to capture information required to originate a loan, two
general import capabilities are available:
Importing New Records

This import option allows you to add records to the EDExpress Direct Loan database.
You must create a file of borrower records according to a standard file layout. See the
Combination Layout Section for layout and file creation specifications. If the record
passes reject editing and a Loan ID is not specified in the import file, the loan record is
added to the EDExpress database and a 21-digit Loan ID is assigned. The Loan ID is
important to systems interfacing with EDExpress because it is needed when making
changes to existing records.
(188 H) 7-9
Importing New Records (Continued)
When a loan record is imported, EDExpress searches for records with an identical
student's SSN, Loan Type, Loan Year, and Direct Loan School Code. If there is no
match, EDExpress assigns 001 as the Loan Sequence Number.
If EDExpress discovers a match on a student's SSN, Loan Type, Loan Year, and Direct
Loan School Code, it proceeds using your selected add options. You request to be
prompted for duplicates by selecting “Y.”
• You can request EDExpress to create a new loan record when a duplicate
record is found by selecting “C” (Create All). When a duplicate is found,
EDExpress assigns the next highest Loan Sequence Number.
• You can request EDExpress to skip the duplicate by selecting “N” (Skip
Duplicate Record). The record is skipped and counted on the Import Add
Report as a skipped record.
Imported records must adhere to the External Import Add Record layout. EDExpress
prompts you for a filename. Once a filename is provided, EDExpress performs a series
of edits and calculations on each record of the imported file.
An Add Edit Report is created for each file of imported records. This report identifies
rejected records and provides statistics on the number of records added to the database.
The format of the Loan Origination Add Edit Report is provided in the Appendix.
Note: EDExpress maintains separate records for each borrower loan type. For example,
if a student borrower is approved for a subsidized loan, unsubsidized loan, and PLUS
loan, three records are imported to EDExpress, one for each loan type. For each
imported record, a record is established in the Loan Origination database.
For all loan types, the Loan Origination database maintains demographic information
about the borrower. In addition, student demographic information is maintained for
PLUS loans.
(188 H) 7-10
E x te r n a l Im p o r t L o a n O r ig in a tio n A d d
C h e c k to b e s u re th e
L o a n O r ig in a t io n D a ta in s t it u t io n a l s y s t e m 's la y o u t
c re a te d o n a n m a t c h e s th a t o f t h e D ir e c t L o a n
I n s t it u tio n a l S y s te m . T e c h n ic a l R e f e r e n c e
C o m b in a t io n S e c tio n .
A ll r e c o r d s f a ilin g e d its
p r o d u c e a lin e o n a n
Im p o r t t h e d a ta in t o e rro r re p o rt, g e n e ra te d
E D E x p r e s s . ( I n d ic a te t o b y E D E x p r e s s . E n t r ie s
E D E x p re s s w h e th e r o r n o t to o n t h e r e p o r t in d ic a t e
p r o m p t f o r d u p lic a t e s . ) r e je c t e d d a t a .
E D E x p r e s s t a k e s t h e f ile
t h r o u g h f ie ld b y f ie ld e d itin g
d u r in g t h e s a v e p r o c e s s .
C h e c k to m a k e s u r e t h a t t h e la y o u t a n d n u m b e r o f b y t e s
D id t h e f ile im p o r t
No a r e w h a t E D E x p r e s s w a s e x p e c t in g ; r e s o lv e a ll e r r o r s .
s u c c e s s fu lly ?
T h e n r e s a v e t h e file a n d b e g in t h e im p o r t p r o c e s s a g a in .
Yes
Im p o rte d re c o rd s h a v e n o w
b e e n a d d e d to t h e lo a n
d a t a b a s e in E D E x p r e s s .
(188 H) 7-11
Exchanging Loan Origination Records with the LOC
You transmit a loan origination record to the LOC for each originated loan. If you
request the LOC to print promissory notes, your request is part of the loan origination
record. If you print your borrower’s promissory notes, the loan origination record can be
transmitted before or after the student signs the note. However, the LOC must receive
the loan origination record before it can book the loan.
Two types of loan origination records can be exported to the LOC:
• Full Loan Origination Record
• Loan Origination Change Record
Full Loan Origination Record

For each new loan, subsidized, unsubsidized and PLUS, you must send a Full Loan
Origination Record to the LOC. The Full record contains all of the demographic
information about the borrower, as well as anticipated loan disbursement data, required
to originate the loan. Data on each record must be edited to adhere to the field length,
field type, and valid field content specifications. Full Loan Origination Records are
transmitted in two types of files. All of the subsidized and unsubsidized records are
transmitted in a file with a message class of DESF01IN. All PLUS records are
transmitted in a file with a message class of DEPF01IN. There are two message classes
because of the difference in turnaround time. Subsidized and unsubsidized loan
origination acknowledgements are returned within three days of the LOC receiving the
records. Because PLUS loans require a credit decision, PLUS acknowledgements are
returned within five days of the LOC receiving the records.
Receiving Full Loan Origination Acknowledgements

from the LOC
The LOC returns one acknowledgement record for each Full Loan Origination Record it
receives. Batch integrity is maintained; the school receives acknowledgement records for
all transmitted records in the batch.
These records are received in message class DISF01OP for subsidized and unsubsidized
records and DIPF01OP for PLUS records. These records indicate whether the
origination record is rejected or accepted. For PLUS records, the Full Loan Origination
Acknowledgement also indicates whether the credit check is accepted, denied or
pending. If a credit decision is overridden (modified) for a PLUS record, a separate
PLUS Credit Decision Acknowledgement is received from the LOC (message class
DIPC01OP). The PLUS Credit Decision Acknowledgement is transmitted to you at any
time after the initial decision has been received on the Full Loan Origination
Acknowledgement.
Once the Full Loan Origination record is accepted by the LOC, it should not be sent to
the LOC again. If changes need to be sent to update information on the record, a change
record described below must be sent to the LOC. When a Full Loan Origination record
is rejected by the LOC, it is not kept on file in the LOC System. The record errors need
to be corrected and the Full Loan Origination record transmitted to the LOC with the
message class DESF01IN.
(188 H) 7-12
PLUS Credit Decision Acknowledgement
For any previously accepted PLUS Full Origination records, the LOC may return a
Credit Decision Acknowledgement with one of the following status: C = (Credit
overridden, new credit information provided), D = (Credit denied, endorser not okay), N
= (Credit denied; after pending), E = (Credit overridden, endorser OK). The Credit
Decision indicates the results of PLUS Loan credit checks on the parent borrower or
endorser. For approved applicants, you can proceed to the disbursement of funds. The
LOC sends further information and instructions directly to those applicants not
approved for a PLUS loan on the basis of credit checks. The LOC has the option to
override the credit decision after an initial denial. The PLUS Credit Checks can be
updated at any time on the basis of the borrower submitting supporting documentation
to the LOC or credit reporting agency. If you process PLUS loans, you may receive
updated credit decisions in this acknowledgement file with message class DIPC01OP at
any time from the LOC.
Loan Origination Change Record

Once the Full Loan Origination Record is accepted by the LOC, changes to the
borrower's demographic or loan information requires a change record be sent to the
LOC. Loan Origination Change Records are transmitted in a separate message class
DESC01IN.
Each change record contains the borrower's loan identification (necessary to identify the
record on the LOC's databases), the number associated with the field being corrected,
and the corrected value.
Importing Changes to Existing Records

This import option allows you to submit changes from your institutional systems to the
EDExpress Direct Loan database. To perform this option, you must create a file of
borrower records according to a standard file layout. Each record must contain the
borrower's loan identification number, field number associated with the field to be
updated, and the updated value.
Use the External Import Change record layout and the table of Loan Origination Import
Change Field Numbers to create your change record. These can be found in the
Combination Layouts section of this technical reference.
To import most efficiently, you should import the records in Social Security Number
order, and the fields to be updated within each change record should appear in
numerical order. For example, if you are changing fields S013 (Borrower's Telephone
Number) and S101 (Borrower's Local Address City), field S013 should appear first in
the change record followed by field S101.
The change field number consists of three positions for the field number and a prefix to
indicate whether the field is on the Loan Origination Database (prefix is S), the PLUS
Loan Database (prefix is P), or the Disbursement Database (prefix is D). For example,
"P004" indicates a change to the student's last name on the PLUS Loan Database;
"S007" indicates a change to the borrower's last name on the Loan Origination
Database.
Each change record contains space for up to 10 data element changes. Multiple change
records can be exported for a Loan ID if more than 10 changes are required.
Corrected values must be left justified within the 28-byte change value field. Numeric
fields are left justified and blank filled up to the maximum number of positions for that
(188 H) 7-13
field. For example, when correcting a 4-byte numeric field to a value of ‘48,’ the
correction record would display 0048 with 24 blank spaces.
Example:
Two changes are submitted to a loan record whose ID is 012345678U01G99999001: a change in
the borrower's last name to SMITH, and a change in the 1st disbursement anticipated gross
amount to $900. The following would be the contents of the change record excluding the
create time, batch number, and User ID fields at the end of the record:
Field Number Field Number

012345678U01G99999001S007SMITH S04000900
Loan ID Corrected Data Corrected Data
Receiving Loan Origination Change

Acknowledgements from the LOC
The Loan Origination Acknowledgement has the same record layout as the record layout
used to transmit the change record to the LOC. The acknowledgement record indicates
whether the change is accepted or rejected. Rejection codes are associated with each
rejected field.
If the change is accepted, then there are no reject codes associated with that field. If a
change is rejected, then it must be corrected and only the fields that were in error need
to be resent to the LOC as change records.
(188 H) 7-14
E x te r n a l Im p o r t C h a n g e R e c o r d
P le a s e b e s u r e t o u s e th e c o r r e c t c h a n g e f ie ld
C h a n g e s m a d e t o t h e s t u d e n t 's
n u m b e rs . F o r a n y c h a n g e s , s e e L o a n
lo a n r e c o r d s w it h in t h e
o r ig in a t io n Im p o r t c h a n g e F ie ld n u m b e r s w it h in
in s t it u t io n a l s y s te m c r e a t e s a n
t h e c o m b in a t io n S e c t io n o f t h e D ir e c t L o a n
E x te rn a l Im p o rt c h a n g e re c o rd .
T e c h n ic a l R e f e r e n c e .
A ll r e c o r d s f a ilin g e d it s p r o d u c e a lin e o n
a n e rro r re p o rt, g e n e ra te d b y
I m p o r t d a t a in to E D E x p r e s s . E x p r e s s w ill t a k e E D E x p r e s s . E n t r ie s o n t h e r e p o r t
t h e f ile t h r o u g h fie ld b y f ie ld e d itin g d u r in g t h e in d ic a t e r e je c t e d d a t a w a r n in g s a b o u t
s a v e p ro c e s s . t h e r e c o r d o r r e c o r d s s k ip p e d .
C h e c k t o b e s u r e t h e la y o u t a n d b y t e s iz e
e x p e c t e d b y E D E x p r e s s a r e c o r r e c t in t h e
in s t it u t io n a l s y s t e m ; r e s o lv e a ll e r r o r s . T h e n s a v e
W a s t h e im p o r t s u c e s s f u l? No
t h e f ile a n d im p o r t th e f ile a g a in . ( S e e t h e I m p o r t
E x t e r n a l C h a n g e la y o u t o r p r in t o u t a c o p y o f t h e
la y o u t fro m E D E x p re s s .)
Yes
E D E x p re s s u p d a te s th e c h a n g e s to th e
D e m o g r a p h ic / L o a n D a t a b a s e d e p e n d in g o n
th e c h a n g e .
(188 H) 7-15
Processing Promissory Notes
All promissory notes must be mailed to the LOC before the loan is "booked." The
hardcopy promissory notes must be accompanied by a paper manifest that identifies the
borrower's name and Loan ID for each promissory note in the shipment. Also, the paper
manifest provides a certification to be signed by an official at the institution.
Master Promissory Notes for subsidized and unsubsidized loans and PLUS Promissory
Notes must be batched separately and a separate manifest created for each. Each batch
may contain up to 100 notes. Additionally, separate manifest batches must be created for
each school code. The Promissory Note Manifest option is available through the
EDExpress Print process. The format for the Master Promissory Note manifest and the
PLUS manifest are provided in the Appendix.
Receiving Promissory Note Acknowledgements

The LOC returns an electronic file (DIPA01OP) containing the acknowledgement of any
promissory notes processed by the LOC. This acknowledgement contains a batch ID
generated by the LOC. Batch integrity does not exist between the paper Promissory Note
Manifest and the Promissory Note Acknowledgement. If the LOC accepts a promissory
note and an accepted loan origination record is not on file at the LOC, the promissory
note is accepted, pending a loan origination record.
Promissory Note Reject

The DIPA01OP file contains a code in field #4 (Promissory Note Status) that returns one
of three values: A (Accepted), R (Rejected), or X (Pending). If Field #4 contains "R,"
then Field #5 contains the reject reason code (see Custom Edit Section for Promissory
Note Reject Reasons).
Master Promissory Note Multi-Year Functionality

The Master Promissory Note (MPN) is the only approved promissory note for Direct
Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans for all schools. No change is being made to the
MPN data elements. At this time, the MPN concept will not be adopted for use in the
PLUS program.
The MPN ID prints on the MPN. This identification number is used by the LOC to link
loans to the MPN. For newly printed MPNs for 2000-2001, the format of the MPN ID
has changed to use “M” as the MPN indicator instead of “S” or “U” in the loan type
code field.
As in the past, the school prints the MPN based on the completed loan origination
record. However, no dollar amount is printed on the MPN by the school or the LOC and
only one note is used for both subsidized and unsubsidized loans.
The MPN must be printed by the school or the LOC and signed by the student borrower
before disbursement of a Federal Direct Subsidized Loan or Federal Direct Unsubsidized
Loan. The MPN is a legal document requiring the borrower to repay the funds borrowed
under the Direct Loan Program.
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For 2000-2001, Multi-Year Note (MYN) functionality will be implemented for the MPN
for 4-year undergraduate schools and graduate schools per Direct Loan Regulations. Any
schools requesting an exception to this regulation may contact the Direct Loan
Operations Staff.
With this change, if a borrower is attending a school eligible for multi-year functionality,
the borrower is required to have only one open MPN on file at the LOC for all
subsidized and unsubsidized loans disbursed for academic year 2000-2001 and forward.
For example, the open MPN at the LOC can be an MPN processed for year 1999-2000.
This open MPN can be linked to a 1999-2000 and forward Stafford Loan. Because
multiple loans are linked to an MPN, the promissory note print sequence number is no
longer necessary.
An open MPN on file at the LOC is assigned to the borrower and is not limited for use
at a specific school. Therefore, any MPN accepted by the LOC can be used by a school
eligible for MYN functionality. Thus, all loans for a student are linked to the same MPN
across schools and academic years.
If a school is NOT eligible for MYN functionality (single-year schools), a new MPN
must be generated each academic year for each borrower. A single-year school must use
an MPN generated at or for that institution only. A single-year school can link all
subsidized and unsubsidized loans for the same academic year, for the same student to
the same MPN.
An open MPN is valid for up to 10 years from the date of the first anticipated disburse-
ment if an actual disbursement has been made. By calling an LOC Customer Service
Representative, a student may close an MPN. Once an MPN has been closed, no new
loans can be disbursed without a new MPN being generated. However, all disbursements
and booking activity for the loans already attached to the closed MPN will be processed.
Reporting Disbursements
Note: The Actual Disbursement Record cannot be accepted by the LOC until they have
accepted the Loan Origination Record.
Before the LOC can "book" a loan, the LOC needs three essential components:
1. An accepted Loan Origination Record
a) Approved Credit Decision (PLUS ONLY)
2. An accepted Promissory Note
3. An accepted Actual Disbursement Record
Once the school has verified a completed and signed promissory note is on file as well as
other eligibility verification required by regulations (e.g., student enrolled at least half-
time), it can make a loan disbursement to the student or parent (either by check or by
crediting the student's account).
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Disbursement Record Types
There are six kinds of Disbursement Records:
1. Actual Disbursement = record type D (Batch Type #H)
2. Adjusted Actual Disbursement = record type A (Batch Type #H)
3. Adjusted Disbursement Date = record type Q (Batch Type #H)
4. Booked Disbursement = record type L (Batch Type #B)
5. Booked Adjusted Disbursement = record type M (Batch Type #B)
6. Servicing Refund = record type P (Batch Type SP)
An Actual Disbursement Record contains data for the initial disbursement for a given
disbursement number.
An Adjusted Actual Disbursement Record is sent to the LOC when the amount of a
disbursement needs to be increased or decreased. For more information, see the DL
School Guide and the appropriate DL Bulletins.
An Adjusted Disbursement Date record is sent to the LOC when an actual disbursement
date is posted incorrectly. This record type is transmitted after an actual disbursement is
sent to and accepted by the LOC.
New for 2000-2001
A Booked Disbursement record (record type L) or Booked Adjusted Disbursement record
(record type M) is sent from the LOC providing the booked date for an actual
disbursement or an actual adjusted disbursement. The record updates the EDExpress
database with the disbursement or adjustment booked date.
New for 2000-2001
A Servicing Refund record (record type P) is sent from the LOC when a borrower
refunds monies on current loan to Servicing. This transaction does not update the
disbursement amounts recorded on the EDExpress database. This record is to inform
you that the student has additional loan eligibility for the current year. EDExpress
allows the Loan Amount Approved for this loan to include this additional refunded
amount in the annual loan limit for this loan if the borrower decides to borrow the
additional funds. Note: This transaction should not be returned to the LOC.
Disbursement Record Type “Q”

Disbursement type “Q” (Adjusted Disbursement Date) has been added for making
adjustments to the actual disbursement date. In order to change the disbursement date,
the school should use disbursement record type “Q” to show the correct actual
disbursement date. The “Q” transaction can only be used after the school has sent an
actual disbursement and received the disbursement acknowledgement. The following
rules apply to transaction type “Q”:
Disbursement type “Q” (Adjusted Disbursement Date) allows adjustments to the actual
disbursement date. In order to change the disbursement date, you should use
disbursement record type “Q” to show the correct actual disbursement date. The “Q”
transaction can only be used after an actual disbursement is sent and you have received
the disbursement acknowledgement. The following rules apply to transaction type “Q”:
1. An actual disbursement must exist (see example #1).
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2. Disbursement type “Q” is only for date changes not changes to the actual
disbursement amount. This is a separate disbursement transaction and must be
transmitted to the LOC (see example #2).
3. Disbursement type “Q” adjusted disbursement date can be a date after a prior
transaction date for that disbursement number (see example #3).
4. Disbursement type “Q” adjusted disbursement date cannot be a date later than
subsequent disbursement numbers (see example #4).
5. Disbursement type “Q” can be entered with a date before any adjustments to that
same disbursement (see example #5).
6. Multiple transactions may cause a delay in processing.
7. Disbursement type “Q” follows the same delete rules as any other disbursement
transaction (cannot be deleted unless in a “R=Ready Status” or “E=Rejected
Status”).
The following are examples that apply to the rules outlined above:
Example #1
Disb. Disb Disb. Disb Disb. Disb. Allowed? Comments

# Type Seq # Date Amt Status
1 Q 01 05/01/2000 $1000 READY NO See rule #1
Example #2
Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb. Allowed? Comments

1 G 01 05/01/2000 $1000 ACCEPTED YES Initial
Disbursement
Entered
1 Q 02 05/02/2000 ACCEPTED YES See Rule #2
2 G 01 06/01/2000 $1000 ACCEPTED YES Second
Disbursement
Entered
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Example #3

Disbursement
Entered
1 Q 02 04/01/2000 READY YES See Rule #3
2 G 01 06/01/2000 $1000 ACCEPTED YES Second
Disbursement
Entered
2 Q 01 04/02/2000 READY YES See Rule #3
Example #4


Disbursement
Entered
2 G 01 06/01/2000 $1000 READY YES Second
Disbursement
Entered
1 Q 02 06/02/2000 READY NO See Rule #4
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Example #5
Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb.

# Type Seq # Date Amt Status Allowed? Comments
Disbursement
Entered
1 A 02 05/15/2000 $500 READY YES Adjusted amount
downward 15
days later
1 Q 03 05/15/2000 READY YES See Rule #5.
This would
change the date of
the initial
disbursement to
5/15 which is the
same date as the
adjustment and is
allowed
2 G 01 06/01/2000 $1000 READY YES Second
Disbursement
Entered
Importing Disbursement Data into EDExpress

You can create a change record to import actual disbursement data from an external
institutional system into EDExpress. To do this, use the External Change Record format
(DIEC01OP) in the Combination Layouts section. The change record should include the
following data elements:
Field Change Field

Number
Loan ID N/A
Sequence Number N/A
Disbursement Number D003
Transaction Date D004
Action Type (Disbursement) D006
Action Amount (Disbursement) D007
Sequence of Disbursement Records

Disbursement records should occur in the file grouped by Loan ID. The records must be
sorted within Loan ID by Disbursement Number and Sequence Number. For example, a
loan has one actual disbursement and two adjustments. Record type D should precede
record type A, and the two adjustments should be in ascending date order.
To make the import work most efficiently, you should create the file so that the records
are imported in transaction date order. If you have more than one record for a single
transaction date, they should be sorted in Social Security Number order.
Remember, disbursement activity must be submitted to the LOC within 30 days of the
transaction date.
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Timing
For Option 1 and 2 schools, disbursement records are sent after you have received a
signed valid promissory note from the borrower. For Standard schools, disbursement
records are sent to the LOC after you have received an accepted Promissory Note
Acknowledgement for the borrower. Take care to ensure that the disbursement record
cycle is complete at a record level before transmitting change records for adjustments to
$0.
Export Record of Disbursement Information

You use the Direct Loan software to create a record of disbursement information for
transmission to the LOC. The LOC edits the information against the loan origination
record data stored in its system. The LOC returns an acknowledgement to the school
indicating whether or not each disbursement record has been accepted (DIOD01OP).
Submit Correction Disbursement

You may receive a record from the LOC indicating the disbursement information record
is rejected. In this case, you need to determine why the record was rejected, then correct
the record and retransmit it to the LOC.
Process Disbursement Adjustments

Adjustments occur when the amount on a disbursement is increased or decreased. This
new adjusted disbursement amount needs to be sent to the LOC.
Inactive Loan Process (Adjustments to Zero)

A process of adjusting individual disbursements and/or Loan Amount Approved to zero
replaced the cancellation process. Now you have more flexibility by simply recording
and sending the LOC an upward adjustment if the loan or disbursement is to be
reactivated after being adjusted to zero.
The following scenarios demonstrate this process:

Scenario A
School needs to cancel an entire loan and NO Actual Disbursements have been made:
1. Reduce the Loan Amount Approved to $0 and save the record.
2. Save process within EDExpress automatically reduces each Anticipated
Disbursement to $0. You can mark the loan as Inactive if you want. This marker is
used to filter out these records in reports.
3. Forward a Loan Origination Change Record to the LOC, which contains the change
to the Loan Amount Approved and all Anticipated Disbursements.
4. Increase the Loan Amount Approved to the appropriate amount, which
automatically resets the Inactive Flag, if you need to reactivate this loan.
EDExpress automatically recalculates the Anticipated Disbursements.
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Scenario B
School wants to cancel an entire loan but Actual Disbursements have been made:
1. Adjust all Actual Disbursements to $0 and send in a Disbursement Record to the
LOC, which contains adjusted disbursement record.
2. At the same time, reduce the Loan Amount Approved to $0 and save the record.
3. The Save process in EDExpress automatically reduces each Anticipated
Disbursement. You have the option to mark the Loan as Inactive. This marker is
used to filter out these records in reports.
Note: This change record (Step 4) can be forwarded to the LOC at the same time
the Disbursement Record in Step 1 is forward to the LOC.
5. (As in Step 4 for Scenario A above) Increase the Loan Amount Approved to the
appropriate amount if you need to reactivate this loan.
EDExpress automatically recalculates the Anticipated Disbursements. A Loan
Origination Change record is sent to the LOC to report the new amounts.
6. Adjust the appropriate Disbursement number back up to the disbursement amount if
an Actual Disbursement is to be recorded. A Disbursement Record is sent to the
LOC to report the new Actual Disbursement amounts.
Scenario C
School wants to only cancel individual Actual Disbursement(s):
1. Adjust the individual Actual Disbursement(s) to $0.
2. Send a Disbursement Record to the LOC, which contains this adjusted
disbursement.
3. Reactivate this disbursement by entering an upward adjustment to that same
disbursement, then send a Disbursement Record to the LOC with the new
amount(s).
Note: If you only adjust the disbursement down to zero without adjusting the Loan
Amount Approved appropriately, the student’s loan data at NSLDS may not be reported
correctly.
Note: If the sum of Actual Disbursements is changed to $0, a message displays
suggesting that you may also want to change the Loan Amount Approved to $0.
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Disbursement Confirmation (For Schools in the
Confirmation Pilot)
Schools participating in the Confirmation Pilot receive authorization from the borrower
for the disbursement of funds under a Direct Subsidized Loan or a Direct Unsubsidized
Loan. To accommodate this procedure, an Affirmation Flag indicates that the borrower
at the school has been confirmed.
Receiving Disbursement Acknowledgement Records

from the LOC
The LOC returns an acknowledgement record for each Disbursement Record you
submit. In addition, some disbursement transactions are generated by the LOC and sent
to you on the Disbursement Acknowledgement. The acknowledgement record is in the
same format as the Disbursement Record. They are returned in a message class
DIOD01OP.
When processing disbursements or adjusted disbursements, if the LOC calculates
different amounts than reported by the school, these amounts are returned in the
acknowledgement. If there is no change to the amounts, these fields are returned blank.
School Reconciliation
You must reconcile your school’s Direct Loan records on file at the LOC with the
school’s internal Direct Loan records. This process is School Reconciliation and you
should perform this process on a monthly basis.
School Account Statement

The LOC initiates the reconciliation process. You receive on a monthly basis a Direct
Loan School Account Statement (DLSAS) from the LOC designated by school code. The
DLSAS is imported and formatted to look similar to a monthly bank statement. This
statement reports the cash records and the booked and unbooked disbursement
transactions on file at the LOC. The DLSAS has three parts: Cash Summary, Cash
Detail, and Loan Detail. You are responsible for reviewing and comparing the monthly
statement to ensure the accuracy of the data on both your school's system and the LOC
database. This data must also be reconciled to your school’s internal student account
records and bank records.
School Options
You may elect to receive only the Cash Summary and Cash Detail sections on the
monthly School Account Statement - omitting the Loan Detail records. This may be a
desirable option if you have a large volume of loan detail records. If you wish to omit the
Loan Detail records from your DLSAS, contact the LOC.
Additionally, you may elect to send the LOC an electronic file, the Optional Loan Detail
Exception File, with Year-to-Date (YTD) unbooked transactions or booked transactions
for a particular month. The LOC compares your school's data sent in this file with that
of the LOC. A preformatted exception report is returned if there are discrepancies or
exceptions to be resolved. This process may assist you in resolving discrepancies found
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while reviewing the monthly DLSAS. You initiate this process by sending the Optional
Loan Detail Export file to the LOC (DERC01IN).
Resolving Discrepancies
These two processes, the DLSAS and the Optional Loan Detail Exception Report, assist
you in reconciling your school data with the data at the LOC. When discrepancies are
found, you should go back and ensure that all origination, promissory note, and
disbursement processing is completed. Remember:
• The LOC’s cash balances only report on "Booked" data for the month reported in
the DLSAS. Booked status on your school system can only be updated by the booked
disbursement (L) or booked adjustment (M) transaction.
• Export all pending data batches for origination records, promissory notes, and
disbursements.
• Import all pending acknowledgement batches to update the accepted status and
booked status flags on your school's system.
• EDExpress and Combination schools find it helpful to use the Booked Status
Measurement Report to resolve discrepancies on the DLSAS.
Technical Tips
On the following pages, some technical tips are provided in the sections listed below:
• Batch IDs
• Ad hoc reports
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Batch IDs
All Batch IDs through the Direct Loan System have the same format. Each batch ID is 23
characters long. The first two characters are the batch identifiers, which represent the type
of batch. The next character represents the cycle year. The next six characters are the
school code. The next eight characters are the date the batch was created. The next six
characters are the time the batch was created. All of the batch identifiers are listed below.
Batch
Identifier Type of Batch
#F Export: Origination External
PF Export: Origination LOC Full PLUS
#A Export: Manifest Stafford/PLUS
#L Export: Optional Loan Detail Exception
#E Export: Origination LOC Change
#H Export: Origination LOC Disbursement
#D Export: Origination LOC Full Stafford
#R Import: Anticipated Listing
#Q Import: Actual Roster
#O Import: External Add
#P Import: External Change
#E Import: Acknowledgements – Change Origination
#H Import: Acknowledgements – Disbursement Origination
#B Import: Booking Notification
SP Import: Servicer Refund Amount
#A Import: Acknowledgements - Prom Note
#C Acknowledgement
Import: PLUS Credit Decision
PF Import: Full Summary PLUS Origination
#D Import: Acknowledgements - Full Summary Stafford
#W Origination
Import: 30-Day Warning Report
AS Import: Direct Loan School Account Statement
SV Import: Loan Servicer
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Ad Hoc Reports
Receiving the 30-Day Warning Report File
The 30-Day Warning Report is a preformatted print file reporting unbooked loans
(DIWR01OP) for which the LOC has not received the three required components to
book a loan within 30 days of the first activity. The report lists the Loan ID and the data
that is required to book the loan. Loans where the Loan Amount Approved is adjusted to
zero do not appear on the 30-Day Warning Report. This file is generated weekly by the
LOC. At a minimum this report contains:
• Loan ID
• Borrower's Name
• Data Received by LOC
• Date Data Received by LOC
• Missing Data Needed to Book Loan: Prom Note; Loan Origination Record; or
Actual Disbursement Information
• Total Number of Records on Report
Note: Loans that have been adjusted to $0 do not appear on the 30-day Warning
Report. The LOC provides a separate report listing all loans that are adjusted to $0
and are Inactive. Once the loans become active again and are missing any of the
items necessary to book, the loan again appears on the 30-Day Warning Report File.
Receiving the Duplicate Student Borrower Report

The Duplicate Student Borrower Report is a file reporting student borrowers at multiple
schools with loans for the same or overlapping academic years.
Receiving the Inactive Loan Report

The Inactive Loan Report is a file reporting loans that are adjusted to zero.
Receiving the SSN, Name, and Birth Date Change

Report
The SSN, Name, and Date of Birth Change Report is a file reporting SSN, name, and
date of birth changes that the LOC is suggesting you review and possibly update
EDExpress by creating a change record to be sent to the LOC.
Receiving the Pending SSN Change Report

The Pending SSN Change Report is a file reporting SSN changes that are pending for
more than 45 days.
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Disbursement Activity Not Yet Booked at Servicing
The Disbursement Activity Not Yet Booked at Servicing is an ASCII file that allows the
school to print a report displaying disbursements that are booked by the LOC but not yet
booked at Servicing. For this reason, a borrower has not yet received information from
Servicing regarding the loan.
Note: This file does not update your EDExpress database.
Receiving the Anticipated Disbursement Listing

The Anticipated Disbursement List file (DIAA01OP) is transmitted to Option 1 or
Standard Origination schools only. This file lists all pending anticipated disbursements
scheduled 30 to 45 days in the future. The LOC generates this file based on accepted
origination records and accepted promissory notes for your school. Schools should
submit origination records, changes, and promissory notes to the LOC for anticipated
disbursements that the school intends to make. The preformatted print file, received in
message class DIAA01OP contains at a minimum the following data elements:
• Direct Loan School Code for Borrowers on Report
• Loan ID
• Borrower's Name
• Loan Type
• Disbursement Number (1 through 20)
• Anticipated Gross Disbursement Amount
• Anticipated Net Disbursement Amount
• Anticipated Loan Fee Amount
• Number of Borrowers on the Listing
• Total Net Disbursements
• Anticipated Disbursement Date
Receiving the Actual Disbursement Roster

Actual Disbursement Roster
The Actual Disbursement Roster file (DIAO01OP) is transmitted to Option 1 or Standard
Origination schools only. The Actual Disbursement Roster is transmitted to schools five
business days prior to the anticipated disbursement date. This file lists all the Loan IDs and
anticipated disbursements on which the LOC requested funds. Funds transferred to the
school from GAPS must be disbursed to the borrowers based on the Actual Disbursement
Roster. The LOC includes borrowers on this report based on anticipated disbursements on
accepted loan origination records submitted to the LOC at least 10 business days prior to the
anticipated
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disbursement date. This report also lists disbursements on which the LOC was unable to
drawdown funds from GAPS and provides a reason code. This preformatted print file,
received in message class DIAO01OP, contains at a minimum the following data elements:
• Direct Loan School Code for Borrowers on Report
• Loan ID
• Borrower's Name
• Loan Type
• Disbursement Number (1 through 20)
• Anticipated Gross Disbursement Amount
• Anticipated Net Disbursement Amount
• Anticipated Loan Fee Amount
• Number of Borrowers on the Roster
• Total Net Disbursements on the Roster
• Anticipated Disbursement Date
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Combination Systems Requirements

Field Name Description

Loan Amount Approved From loan record

1st Gross Disbursement Amount Per Gross Disbursement Calculations

2nd Gross Disbursement Amount Per Gross Disbursement Calculations

3rd through 20th Gross Disbursements Per Gross Disbursement Calculations

Total Gross Disbursements Sum of all gross disbursements

Total Fee Amount Sum of all fee amounts

Total Net Disbursements Sum of all net disbursements

Field Name Description

Loan Amount Approved From loan record

1st Gross Disbursement Amount Per Gross Disbursement Calculations

2nd Gross Disbursement Amount Per Gross Disbursement Calculations

3rd /4th Gross Disbursements: Per Gross Disbursement Calculations

Total Gross Disbursements Sum of all gross disbursements

Total Fee Amount Sum of all fee amounts

Total Net Disbursements Sum of all net disbursements

Example : Loan Fee Calculation

Disbursement Disbursement Disbursement Totals

Month Valid Day Range

Importing New Records

Full Loan Origination Record

Receiving Full Loan Origination Acknowledgements

Loan Origination Change Record

Importing Changes to Existing Records

Field Number Field Number

Receiving Loan Origination Change

Receiving Promissory Note Acknowledgements

Promissory Note Reject

Master Promissory Note Multi-Year Functionality

Disbursement Record Type “Q”

Disb. Disb Disb. Disb Disb. Disb. Allowed? Comments

Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb. Allowed? Comments

Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb. Allowed? Comments

2 Q 01 04/02/2000 READY YES See Rule #3

Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb. Allowed? Comments

1 G 01 05/01/2000 $1000 ACCEPTED YES Initial

Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb. Disb.

Importing Disbursement Data into EDExpress

Field Change Field

Sequence of Disbursement Records

Export Record of Disbursement Information

Submit Correction Disbursement

Process Disbursement Adjustments

Inactive Loan Process (Adjustments to Zero)

The following scenarios demonstrate this process:

Receiving Disbursement Acknowledgement Records

School Account Statement

Receiving the Duplicate Student Borrower Report

Receiving the Inactive Loan Report

Receiving the SSN, Name, and Birth Date Change

Receiving the Pending SSN Change Report

Receiving the Anticipated Disbursement Listing

Receiving the Actual Disbursement Roster

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